Mad dash from Walmart brings charges

Walmart

(PETERBOROUGH) A man fled Walmart employees while pushing a cart full of groceries on Friday afternoon and tried to fight off his pursuers with a wooden stake, say Peterborough police.
Store staff say the man pushed a cart of groceries worth $307 out of the Walmart at 4:45 p.m. When employees confronted him outside about not paying, he ran off towards Chemong Road and Sunset Boulevard.
When confronted again, he tried to ride away on a bicycle. During the struggle, he punched a Walmart employee and pulled a wooden stake out of the ground and used it to try to get away.
Police arrived and arrested him near Timothy and Bellevue streets.
Thomas Perdue, 22, of Peterborough, has been charged with theft under $5000, assault with a weapon, resist arrest and two counts of breach of probation. He had a bail hearing on Saturday morning.
The Walmart employees did not require medical treatment, police say.